Mahogany Pound Cake
Yield
1 cakePrep
30 minCook
1 hrsReady
1 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ½ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
brown sugar
light, packed |
*
|
| 1 | cup |
margarine
or butter, softened |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 6 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 8 | ounces |
sour cream
|
|
| Quick chocolate sauce (optional) | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
margarine
or butter |
|
| ⅓ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | can |
milk, sweetened condensed
|
*
|
| ⅓ | cup |
water
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 591 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 118 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
brown sugar
light, packed |
*
|
| 237 | ml |
margarine
or butter, softened |
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 6 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 231.2 | ml/g |
sour cream
|
|
| Quick chocolate sauce (optional) | |||
| 3E+1 | ml |
margarine
or butter |
|
| 79 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | can |
milk, sweetened condensed
|
*
|
| 79 | ml |
water
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 325℉ (160℃).
Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
In large mixer bowl, beat sugars, margarine and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beting well after each.
Beat in sour cream alternately with dry ingredients.
Pour into well greased 10 inch tube or bundt pan.
Bake 1 hour and 25 minutes or until tested done.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
Serve with Quick Chocolate Sauce if desired.
QUICK CHOCOLATE SAUCE: In heavy saucepan, melt margarine; stir in cocoa until smooth.
Stir in remaining ingredients; mix well.
Over medium heat, cook and stir until smooth and thickened, about 5 minutes.
Serve warm over cake or ice cream.
Refrigerate leftovers.
To reheat, place desired amount of sauce in small heavy saucepan with a small amount of water.
Over low heat, stir constantly until heated through.
